tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post2940246612536542258..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Jobs at McGillSuresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-74705873433068081402007-04-17T02:47:00.000-06:002007-04-17T02:47:00.000-06:00various jobs herevarious jobs hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-41124972373870400832007-01-18T10:16:00.000-07:002007-01-18T10:16:00.000-07:00You may find it difficult to raise 300k$ a year in...<i>You may find it difficult to raise 300k$ a year in funding the way so many researchers do in the USA.</i><br /><br />Wow, keep in mind that overheads are non-existent in Canada. Just recently a US researcher was complaining about how each graduate student costs him upwards of $70,000 by the time he's paid for salary, office space, tuition, etc. Comparable cost in Canada is $10-20K.<br /><br /><i>The economy in Montreal, while not being terrible, is typically weaker than the rest of North America.</i><br /><br />Plus you get to live under constant threat of the country splitting in two, courtesy of separatist types which lack the imagination to conceive of a place where people are proud of their province <b>and</b> their country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-34025825062184755872007-01-18T07:14:00.000-07:002007-01-18T07:14:00.000-07:00Hmmm... not sure Montreal looks and feels like Par...Hmmm... not sure Montreal looks and feels like Paris or France. Typically, and this happened to me this year, when you bring a postdoc over to Montreal from France, they come to realize "oh! my gosh! this is a different country!".<br /><br />Yes folks. Montreal is not in France.<br /><br />However, Montreal is a pretty good city:<br /><br />- cost of living is probably the lower in North America, you can own a house without being a millionaire;<br /><br />- the crime rate is low (in typical Canadian fashion) and we are not at war with the muslim world and the axis of evil;<br /><br />- you get to learn French if you don't already know it, and there is good evidence that being bilingual is good for your brain as you age;<br /><br />- I live there (isn't that the best reason of all to come to Montreal).<br /><br />However, you may find it difficult to raise 300k$ a year in funding the way so many researchers do in the USA. We tend to spread the funding a lot.<br /><br />The economy in Montreal, while not being terrible, is typically weaker than the rest of North America. Salaries are lower. The fact that upward of 40% of the working force is unionized does not help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-76606475449835277432007-01-18T06:10:00.000-07:002007-01-18T06:10:00.000-07:00Another reason to apply: McGill is one of the mos...Another reason to apply: McGill is one of the most reputable universities in all of Canada. It's always ranked pretty high up in the evaluation charts published by Maclean's magazine every year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com